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. >>> claudine wong is live with a new perspective with more on the san bruno blast. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. we've moved down here to area where it used to be the 1700 block of claremont. this is what remains of people's homes and lives. this investigation is just getting underway. we're told a lot of it, at least on scene has been completed in terms of the ntsb. victims want to know how this could have happened and want to make sure this doesn't happen again. they also want to really know what's next. >> this morning bill magullihan waited for someone to tell him if he can go in his home, if it's safe, if he can go forward. >> i'm not hearing any information. that's what's frustrating. they upgraded my house from a red to a yellow tag. that's fantastic news. so hopefully i will hear something. i haven't heard a peep from the city. >> reporter: he can't get in. his home is still in the area blocked off, in the area still under investigation. the ntsb says it's focused on the 30-inch gas pipe that's exploded and has told us the work in the crater is done. >> one of those well
. >>> claudine wong is live with a new perspective with more on the san bruno blast. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. we've moved down here to area where it used to be the 1700 block of claremont. this is what remains of people's homes and lives. this investigation is just getting underway. we're told a lot of it, at least on scene has been completed in terms of the ntsb. victims want to know how this could have happened and want to make sure this doesn't happen again. they...
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. >>> good afternoon, i'm claudine wong. tori campbell has the day off. topping our news this noontime we're waiting the start of a pg&e press conference in san bruno for an update into the cause of that deadly san bruno explosion. we do have team coverage on several develop stories in san bruno now. what you're looking at is a live briefing inside that senior center are residents who lost their homes. ktvu's christian katharine is there but first we'll go to ktvu's craig devereaux. >> the investigation is moving outward from ground zero on glen wood drive. a pg&e news conference as you mentioned just about to get underway at a fire station in san bruno on el camino real. this morning very important work is being done this morning on glenview drive. pg&e cut into three pieces of that ruptured gas line and put it on a truck. next stop is the ntsb headquarters in washington, d.c. this afternoon we've got something investigators might need too. it's a videotape of last thursday's deadly explosion. >> when i got here probably was half hour after the incident
. >>> good afternoon, i'm claudine wong. tori campbell has the day off. topping our news this noontime we're waiting the start of a pg&e press conference in san bruno for an update into the cause of that deadly san bruno explosion. we do have team coverage on several develop stories in san bruno now. what you're looking at is a live briefing inside that senior center are residents who lost their homes. ktvu's christian katharine is there but first we'll go to ktvu's craig...
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claudine wong, what did you find out? >> reporter: we've gotten a lot of new information in the last 20 minutes. the live pictures behind me, they are pretty dramatic. this is the helicopter being turned back over. remember it literally landed down on highway 101. they are trying to flip it back over and get a line open. there's only one lane open. we now know the name of the pilot, his name is frank gomes. he's 63 years old. he's actually the owner of this helicopter crop dusting company that's called gomes air. he apparently had just gotten into this helicopter. he's a pilot with about 30-plus years of experience, according to his company. he left the company -- literally we can see the airport from here. got in this helicopter, was flying over to a field and that's when he was going to load up his chemicals. along the way he told the chp he got disoriented by the fog and kind of got vertigo and didn't know which way was up or down. apparently the helicopter was in perfect mechanical working order according to the chp.
claudine wong, what did you find out? >> reporter: we've gotten a lot of new information in the last 20 minutes. the live pictures behind me, they are pretty dramatic. this is the helicopter being turned back over. remember it literally landed down on highway 101. they are trying to flip it back over and get a line open. there's only one lane open. we now know the name of the pilot, his name is frank gomes. he's 63 years old. he's actually the owner of this helicopter crop dusting company...
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we begin our team coverage this morning with claudine wong. where are you and what can you tell us this morning? >> reporter: pam, we are as close to the fire line as they will allow us here on skyview. this is the command post, the staging area. there are two lines of police tape leading to that area. they don't want anyone getting closer. they are declaring this a crime scene and pushing everyone back. this has been an unbelievable scene for hours. it rocked this scene and created an inferno that destroyed dozens of homes in its wake. the priority is to get the fire out, which at last estimate was only 50% contained. -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: -- lieutenant- governor abel maldonado, the acting governor was on the scene from 1:30 to 4:00. he has declared a state of emergency and pland a briefing hours from now. and, of course you have everyone asking how this happened. everything points to this being a natural gas explosion. a full investigation was underway but aman said they were warn in signs. >> every day i could smell that smell from
we begin our team coverage this morning with claudine wong. where are you and what can you tell us this morning? >> reporter: pam, we are as close to the fire line as they will allow us here on skyview. this is the command post, the staging area. there are two lines of police tape leading to that area. they don't want anyone getting closer. they are declaring this a crime scene and pushing everyone back. this has been an unbelievable scene for hours. it rocked this scene and created an...
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reporting live, claudine wong, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> our web site has more video from the crash site. go to ktvu.com and click on the bay area news tab on the front page. >>> 5:34. seven people are stranded right now a boat north of concord. the 17-foot motor boat became stuck in solano county last night. the boat is in shallow waters. there are four adults and three children. the rescue is expected later today during high tide. >>> the suspected gang member charged with wounding a fremont police officer is back in the bay area this morning. the alameda county sheriff's office released a booking photo of andrew barrientos. he is awaiting arraignment on tuesday. on saturday, police in san diego arrested andrew barrientos a few feet from the mexican border. investigators say he has confessed to shooting officer todd young one week ago, but he did not know young was a police officer. >>> doctors at oakland hospital will hold a news conference today to -- police officer. doctors at oakland hospital will hold a news conference to update us on officer todd young's condition.
reporting live, claudine wong, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> our web site has more video from the crash site. go to ktvu.com and click on the bay area news tab on the front page. >>> 5:34. seven people are stranded right now a boat north of concord. the 17-foot motor boat became stuck in solano county last night. the boat is in shallow waters. there are four adults and three children. the rescue is expected later today during high tide. >>> the suspected gang...
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claudine wong has details on the pilot's condition and the faa investigation. >> it's hard to imagine anyone survived this mangled mess that was a processing helicopter. at about 6:00 this morning, 63- year-old frank dome had just taken off when he came crashing down upside down on to the already busy lines of southbound 101 in salinas. it happened right in front of a big rig. >> we talked to the driver. he just avoided the helicopter. said he missed it by 6 feet. >> reporter: this pilot survived the crash with just minor injuries. when the chp got here he was hanging upside down still seat belted in. >> he was conscious, he appears to know what happened. his seat belt probably saved his life. according to the pilot, he was disoriented in the fog, he got a little vertigo and the áf crashed. >> reporter: employees say gomes has been flying for years and has the most experience in the company. >> he has a lot of experience, he takes all precaution. >> reporter: gomes is in the hospital for injuries to his rib, but amazingly by all accounts he's going to be okay. the faa investigator sa
claudine wong has details on the pilot's condition and the faa investigation. >> it's hard to imagine anyone survived this mangled mess that was a processing helicopter. at about 6:00 this morning, 63- year-old frank dome had just taken off when he came crashing down upside down on to the already busy lines of southbound 101 in salinas. it happened right in front of a big rig. >> we talked to the driver. he just avoided the helicopter. said he missed it by 6 feet. >> reporter:...
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they are talking to claudine wong. >>> welcome back. i'm dave campbell. >> i'm tori campbell. >>> governor all right short will be touring the area of thursday's huge blast when he comes back from asia. >>> the ntsb says of the 90 e- mails they've received so far only one person said they smelled gas. claudine wong is out there talking to the investigators. she's with us now live. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning. we're on claremont drive this morning where you can see the remarkable and breath-taking damage on this street. this is the street that suffered the most damage. it's on this block where three members of the bull list family works are still unaccounted for -- bullis family live, who are still missing. people are asking could any of this have been saved, when you start to look at this. obviously, this is still being looked at. how long it burned is being investigated. it took more than an hour and a half to get the gasline turned off. pg&e crews had to go to manual shutoff valves about a mile away to shut it al
they are talking to claudine wong. >>> welcome back. i'm dave campbell. >> i'm tori campbell. >>> governor all right short will be touring the area of thursday's huge blast when he comes back from asia. >>> the ntsb says of the 90 e- mails they've received so far only one person said they smelled gas. claudine wong is out there talking to the investigators. she's with us now live. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning. we're on claremont drive...
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claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> many of the victims are at st. francis memorial hospital in san francisco now and ktvu. >> reporter: a spokesperson from st. francis memorial hospital in san francisco says a little later on this morning we will hear directly from the physicians and medical personnel that work in this hospital's burn center. they spent the entire evening and the overnight hours treating the critically injured burn victims from testimony explosion and fire. here at saint francis, there are a total of four patients receiving care. three are in critical condition suffering from burn wounds one is in serious condition. the four patients that are here at st. francis started out at keizer south san francisco medical center last evening in the aftermath of the fire, a tote total of 15 people were brought. four had serious enough burn injuries so they were transferred to the burn center at st. francis. nine others treated and released. two patients receiving treatment at keizer medical center. several people were brought to san francisco g
claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> many of the victims are at st. francis memorial hospital in san francisco now and ktvu. >> reporter: a spokesperson from st. francis memorial hospital in san francisco says a little later on this morning we will hear directly from the physicians and medical personnel that work in this hospital's burn center. they spent the entire evening and the overnight hours treating the critically injured burn victims from testimony explosion and fire....
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claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> its highest risk natural gas pipelines in the bay area are both in the east bay. the times reports the documents filed rated a pipeline in 40 monte and another in panol as the highest risk. >> a motorcyclist, who police say was driving around the site of last thursday's blast is facing serious charges. 34-year-old paul vai is accused of evading and assaulting a police officer. they pulled him over. while he was being questioned police say he took off on his motorcycle and ran over an officers foot. stay with us, we will have continuing team coverage of the pipeline disaster throughout the morning. we have incredible audiotapes from dispatchers and firefighters during that whole scene at ktvu.com. >> 5:34. police are investigating an overnight shooting that happened in east oakland that injured one man. the victim was found at 2:30 this morning, shot several tiles. he was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. crime scene investigators spent the morning searching the area for evidence. so far there is no word of arrestor what may have led up
claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> its highest risk natural gas pipelines in the bay area are both in the east bay. the times reports the documents filed rated a pipeline in 40 monte and another in panol as the highest risk. >> a motorcyclist, who police say was driving around the site of last thursday's blast is facing serious charges. 34-year-old paul vai is accused of evading and assaulting a police officer. they pulled him over. while he was being questioned police say he...
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claudine wong is in san jose where you just spoke to chuck reed for his reaction. >> reporter: good morning. yes, mayor reed says he is not surprised that this area made the legs of the 100 high-risk pipeline. it's a large city and a lot of the area could be collected. they haven't gotten a lot of information yet. he's still waiting for more information to figure out where san jose goes from here. what we do know at this point, there are two intersections that will be on the list. one is on the intersection of 1st and tazman and there's another one with the border with milpitas. mayor reed said he didn't really get any more information other than that. we do know that the 1st and tazman intersection was scheduled for repair in a couple of years from now. it's not clear if being on this list is going to speed that up. mayor reed says certainly the san bruno explosion has been on his mind and certainly the question of what that means for san jose is on his mind. >> they didn't tell us a whole lot. we'll have to 2008 to see how much information they release today. we know there are two section
claudine wong is in san jose where you just spoke to chuck reed for his reaction. >> reporter: good morning. yes, mayor reed says he is not surprised that this area made the legs of the 100 high-risk pipeline. it's a large city and a lot of the area could be collected. they haven't gotten a lot of information yet. he's still waiting for more information to figure out where san jose goes from here. what we do know at this point, there are two intersections that will be on the list. one is...
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claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we are hearing from the first firefighters and police officers on the scene. some of those first responders are sharing their painful stories of the pipe explosion disaster for the first time describing what it is like to race into the middle of an inferno. >> we were left heapless and we could only go so far pause the wire wooer was just so incredibly intensely hot and beyond anything i could describe so it was a helpless feeling knowing there were people we could not get to. >> in all more than fur hundred firefighters and police officers responded to the scene of that explosion. we will have live team coverage of the san bruno pipeline disaster and the investigation throughout the morning. you can also get updates anytime of day at our website ktvu.com. >>> well, two men were arrested in san francisco overnight following a fatal shooting that happened right at the victim's front door. jade hernandez is in the bayview district this morning and has talked to relatives of the victim. jade. >> reporter: well, san francisco police just opened up pa
claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we are hearing from the first firefighters and police officers on the scene. some of those first responders are sharing their painful stories of the pipe explosion disaster for the first time describing what it is like to race into the middle of an inferno. >> we were left heapless and we could only go so far pause the wire wooer was just so incredibly intensely hot and beyond anything i could describe so it was a helpless feeling knowing there...
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claudine wong is there with the latest on this. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. we're on glenview drive. i want to give you a perspective of where we are. as we get closer to the devastation, it really is striking. if we go down, you can see the pipe in question that's in this huge crater that's been capped off. that's where a lot of the evidence has been found. we want to give you a perspective of what is around that or what isn't around that anymore. you can see what is left of a home that's left, all that's left is this chimney standing there and really just remnants of the home that once sat there. if we go up further, you can see how hot it burned the trees up there. not much left of them and beyond that, you can see another home or really what was left of another home. just two of the homes that were taken by this explosion and fire. now, certainly, the investigation is focused around that area. the ntsb says it's finished with its work now and that's because they believe the 30- inch pipe they took f
claudine wong is there with the latest on this. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. we're on glenview drive. i want to give you a perspective of where we are. as we get closer to the devastation, it really is striking. if we go down, you can see the pipe in question that's in this huge crater that's been capped off. that's where a lot of the evidence has been found. we want to give you a perspective of what is around that or what isn't around that anymore. you can see...